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Flava'd vs The World
The Kramer
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:36 am Posts: 24319 Location: Classified
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Kendrick and Metacritic
Damn. is a solid album , I gave it a B+ and defended it when my friend, who is a much bigger fan, said it was trash. Yet it currently stands with a 99 on metacritic.
99
Music is the most subjective of all entertainment forms. Everybody has their own unique taste. So when I see a 99 its less the mark of a masterpiece and more the mark of people being afraid of their criticism being criticized. Beyonce basically gets the same treatment.
My main issue with this is that I believe it will actually end up driving people away from these two. If you listen to something expecting a 99 its gonna be a different than just listening to enjoy yourself. And if someone gets burned enough times they'll just dismiss the artist all together. Look at James Blake, nobody cares anymore. Rightfully so imo, but that guy was the hottest thing on the net three years ago.
Kendrick deserves better than that.
_________________ Kamala 24-32
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Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:29 pm |
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Shack
Devil's Advocate
Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am Posts: 38886
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Re: Kendrick and Metacritic
I was never the biggest Kendrick fan, but yea, it feels like a pretty average effort ambition wise, it seems like a Kendrick album for people who listen to Drake
I don't really care that much about music criticism, but I care more about TV critics and the whiff of BS and writing what's cool to say has been there for a while. Overall I suspect clickbait isn't any better for art criticism than it is journalism, there's a huge difference between these writers jobs and lives than a newspaper film critic who's readership is guaranteed and job is stable
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Tue Apr 18, 2017 1:44 pm |
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zwackerm
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Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:26 pm Posts: 20637 Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Re: Kendrick and Metacritic
If you don't like Beyoncé you're racist.
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Mon May 01, 2017 5:33 pm |
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Chippy
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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Re: Kendrick and Metacritic
No. But if YOU don't like Beyonce, you are racist.
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Mon May 01, 2017 5:57 pm |
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zwackerm
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Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:26 pm Posts: 20637 Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Re: Kendrick and Metacritic
Chippy wrote: No. But if YOU don't like Beyonce, you are racist. I liked Beyoncé before Super Bowl 50.
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Mon May 01, 2017 6:33 pm |
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Chippy
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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Re: Kendrick and Metacritic
Oh, I can't imagine what changed your mind on her music that you used to like!
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Mon May 01, 2017 6:44 pm |
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zwackerm
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Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:26 pm Posts: 20637 Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Re: Kendrick and Metacritic
Chippy wrote: Oh, I can't imagine what changed your mind on her music that you used to like! I still like her old songs like Crazy in Love, Irreplaceable, If I Were a Boy, Halo, Drunk in Love, Single Ladies, Run the World (Girls), etc. There were like no good songs on Lemonade.
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Mon May 01, 2017 7:07 pm |
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Chippy
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Re: Kendrick and Metacritic
Lemonade was after Super Bowl 50.
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Mon May 01, 2017 7:09 pm |
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zwackerm
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Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:26 pm Posts: 20637 Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Re: Kendrick and Metacritic
Chippy wrote: Lemonade was after Super Bowl 50. I wasn't a fan of the shows' Black panther anti-police theme.
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Mon May 01, 2017 7:24 pm |
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Chippy
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Re: Kendrick and Metacritic
Yeah, I know.
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Tue May 02, 2017 10:09 am |
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Shack
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Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am Posts: 38886
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Re: Kendrick and Metacritic
DAMN just won a Pulitzer prize.
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Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:12 pm |
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zwackerm
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Re: Kendrick and Metacritic
Why does every hip hop/R&B/rap album get like a 95 on MC and pop albums never get higher than like 75?
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Tue Apr 17, 2018 3:09 pm |
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Shack
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Re: Kendrick and Metacritic
zwackerm wrote: Why does every hip hop/R&B/rap album get like a 95 on MC and pop albums never get higher than like 75? Unless they're Beyonce, which might answer your question
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Tue Apr 17, 2018 4:17 pm |
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Chippy
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Re: Kendrick and Metacritic
Black people are known to get the benefit of the doubt. This is a good post.
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Tue Apr 17, 2018 5:48 pm |
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zwackerm
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Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:26 pm Posts: 20637 Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Re: Kendrick and Metacritic
Shack wrote: zwackerm wrote: Why does every hip hop/R&B/rap album get like a 95 on MC and pop albums never get higher than like 75? Unless they're Beyonce, which might answer your question Beyoncé isn’t pop anymore. She’s full on hip hop R&B now.
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